Improvement in ranges



NIIEI) STATES-PATENT FFIGE.

LOUIS F. DUPARQUET ANI) PETER HUOT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN RANGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 213,499, dated March25, 1879 application filed September 23, 1878.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LoUrs F. DUPARQUET and PETER HUOT, of the city,county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cooking- Ranges, whereof the following is aspecification:

Our invention relates to the adaptation of the oven or ovens of stovesand ranges to broiling purposes.

We introduce the lighted charcoal or other coals into or under the oven,and we combine with the oven a draft-plate or blower, and provideapertures, respectively, for aiding the draft and for the passing off ofsmoke and fumes.

In the annexed drawings, which represent the oven of a stove or rangeand illustrate our invention, Figure 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2 is avertical cross-section taken through the oven.

A is the top of the oven, B is the bottom, O is the front, D the back,and E is the door, of the oven.

The bottom B has a large opening, B', such as is sometimes made forcleaning out the line-space under the oven, and closed by a removableplate. (Shown in dotted lines.)

In using the oven for broiling meats and other viands, we take out saidbottom plate and place an ordinary gridiron over the opening B'.

In the front O (or it may be at the side) we make an opening, O', intothe flue-space beneath the oven, through which to introduce the lightedcharcoal or other coals, and such opening has a door, K, for closing it,when required.

The coals may be placed in a suitable lirepan or holder having aperforated or grated bottom.

To cause a draft through the coals we generally form apertures I intheiloor of the iiuespace under the coals, and arrange a damper, J, inconnection therewith for shutting such apertures when not required to beopen.

F is an open space, in which we store away the fire-pan or receptaclefor coals when not in use, as shown by the dotted lines F.

G is a plate of the required form to serve as a blower for aiding increating a draft over the gridiron. Said plate is arranged for beingmoved down toward the front of the oven when the latter is used forbroiling,`as shown in Fig. 1, and for being moved back or out of the wayat other times, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

L is a rib in the top of the oven to close the space above the plate G,when said plate is drawn fully forward or pushed completely back.

H is an outlet for the fumes and odor arising from the broilingoperation, which outlet is to be closed when the oven is used forbaking.

A convenient way for closing saidoutlet is by having the rear edge ofthe blower to shut against the back D immediately under the said outletH, as shown in Fig. 2.

We prefer the plan shown, because by the act of bringing down the blowerthe outlet is opened, avoiding a separate operation, and by pushing itback to its place at the rear of th oven the outlet is closed.

When the oven is to be used for broiling, the usual dampers of the rangeor stove are arranged to cause the smoke from the main ire of the rangeto pass over, and not under, the oven.

We do not conne ourselves to the particular form and arrangement of theseveral parts hereinbefore named, as they are susceptible of variationwithin our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is- 1. Thecombination, with the oven having the odor-outlet H, adapted to beclosed by a damper, as set forth, of the draft-plate or blower G, whenmovably arranged, as specilied.

2. The arrangement of the blower or draftplate in respect to the outletH, whereby such plate serves to close the outlet when not in use as ablower.

LOUIS F. DUPARQUET. PETER HUOT.

Witnesses J oNA'rHAN MAnsHALL, S. STRAUS.

